Re: FW: Getting information about sequences

Here is the thing, the user doesn't have Postgres installed on his/her
computer. So how am I going to distribute pg_dump, from my understandin you
have to compile postgres on a Mac in order to get the pgdump executable. And
is this for every version of Mac?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martijn van Oosterhout [mailto:kleptog(at)svana(dot)org]
> Sent: 16 May 2006 17:46
> To: Forums @ Existanze
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences
>
> pg_dump runs on any platform postgres does.
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 05:31:44PM +0300, Forums @ Existanze wrote:
> > Does pg_dump run in Macintosh?
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > > Sent: 16 May 2006 17:22
> > > To: Forums @ Existanze
> > > Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Getting information about sequences
> > >
> > > "Forums @ Existanze" <forums(at)existanze(dot)com> writes:
> > > > We are creating a jdbc backup solution that does NOT
> require the
> > > > pgdump program.
> > >
> > > In heaven's name, WHY?
> > >
> > > Do you have any idea how much future pain you are setting
> yourself
> > > up for? pg_dump changes with every PG release to deal with new
> > > features and changes in the system catalogs.
> > > Read the CVS logs for pg_dump for the past few years, then ask
> > > yourself if you really want to buy into a comparable amount of
> > > ongoing maintenance effort.
> > >
> > > You'd be way better off just invoking pg_dump as a
> subprocess. If
> > > there are specific features you need that pg_dump doesn't
> have (eg,
> > > dumping just selected tables) consider helping to add them.
> > >
> > > regards, tom lane
> > >
> >
> >
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